Sheila S. DiNardo

US Telecom, Inc. manufactures and distributes business telephone systems. It provides sales, services, installation, repair, and maintenance services of brand telephone systems. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Dimdim, Inc. provides web conferencing software solutions. The company was founded by Jayant Pandit in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

MetaMind, Inc. provides artificial intelligence services through deep learning. Its deep learning involves training systems on lots of information derived from audio, images, and other inputs, and then presenting the systems with new information and receiving inferences about it in response. The company was founded by Richard Socher and Sven Strohband in 2014 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Govenda, Inc. provides board room empowerment platform. Its board portal solution helps companies streamline the process of creating and distributing materials for board administrators and members. The company was founded by Marion P. Lewis and Jeanette Thomas and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Habitat for Humanity International, Inc. is a non-profit organization that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. The organization was founded by Millard Fuller and Linda Fuller in 1976 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Circadiance LLC designs and develops medical devices for sleep apnea. It manufactures and sells cloth nasal CPAP masks. The firm offers sleepweaver mask inflates and conforms to the patient's face to create a seal, without leaving pressure marks on the face. The company was founded by David Groll in 2006 and is headquartered in Export, PA.

Excela Health owns and operates hospitals. The firm offers adult inpatient, athletic training, audiology, digital breast 3D mammography, stroke care, pain management and urgent care services. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Greensburg, PA.

Cytoagents, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The firm focuses on development of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of COVID-19, Influenza and other viral infectious diseases. The company and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Highmark, Inc. engages in the provision of health insurance products and services. It serves members across the United States through its businesses in health insurance, dental insurance, vision care, and reinsurance. The company was founded on November 27, 1996 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania provides job training and vocational rehabilitation services. It offers education and testing, disability services, veteran services, youth services, transition services, job search services, and community services. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Meltwater US Holdings, Inc. develops online business management software solutions. It produces and supplies software to provide social media monitoring, search engine marketing and analytics. The company was founded by Jorn Lyseggen in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cooley LLP engages in the provision of legal services. It offers strategic litigation and business transaction services and is a representative of private and public companies, financial institutions, venture capital firms and nonprofit organizations. Its practices include commercial litigation; patent counseling and prosecution; employment and labor; asset recovery; and estate planning and personal representation. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Business Software Alliance, Inc. operates as an association of global software industry players. The firm pioneer’s compliance programs that promote legal software use and advocates for public policies that foster technology innovation and drive growth in the digital economy.T he company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Icertis, Inc. develops enterprise contract management platform. It provides solutions to energy and utilities, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and transportation. The company was founded by Samir Bodas, Unmesh Bhathija, and Monish Barda in 2009 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Part of The AES Corp., Cea is a French research organization with a workforce of 20,000 people based in nine French sites. The company is based in Arlington, VA. Cea's fully-owned subsidiary, Cea Investissement, is a unique tool for a public research organization, which is assisted and operated by Supernova Invest, the company's private equity partner. The company actively participates in collaborative projects with academic and industrial partners worldwide. Cea is a key player in research, development, and innovation in four main areas: energy transition, digital transition, technology for the medicine of the future, and defense and security. The company is ranked in the top 100 innovators according to the Clarivate 2022 ranking, in terms of the number of patents filed in Europe. Cea helps businesses in all sectors to be more competitive, creating high-performance products and developing trail-blazing solutions that lead to changes in society. The company deploys this dynamic approach at sites all over France, aiding local partners to innovate themselves, thus helping to create sustainable value and jobs nationwide.

Caerus Ventures LLC (Caerus Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Gregory C. Borchardt, Brodi D. Jackson, and James C. Holmes. The firm is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida.

The Consumer Technology Association researches and reports trends in the consumer electronics market. The firm also provides its members with educational programs, technical training, market research and networking opportunities. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Metis Secure Solutions LLC develops in-building and outdoor emergency notification and communications systems. Its products include Command Center 2.3 software, MS-5100 Indoor Help Station and MS-6100 Outdoor Help Station. The firm's market includes schools and universities, research and industrial facilities, hospitals and medical centers, corporate campuses, government and public site and parking facilities. The company was founded by Timothy Means in 2008 and is headquartered in Oakmont, PA.

412 Venture Management LLC (412 Venture Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Innovation Works, Inc. (Innovation Works) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Ben Franklin Technology Partners founded in 1988. The firm is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses